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********** ADVERTISEMENT *********** NOV Broadcast Calendar Featuring Kenneth & Gloria Copeland and Kellie Copeland Oct. 30-Nov. 3: Living Communion With Jesus—Knowing God Through His Word Gloria Copeland and Kellie Copeland Sun., Nov. 5: Gaining Spiritual Strength for Healing Kenneth Copeland Nov. 6-10 Living Communion With Jesus—Knowing God Through Worship Gloria Copeland and Kellie Copeland Sun., Nov. 12: Believe Then See Kenneth Copeland Nov. 13-17 God’s Healing Formula Kenneth Copeland Sun., Nov. 19: Redeemed From Poverty to Enjoy God’s Abundance Kenneth Copeland Nov. 20-24 The Love of God—A Powerful Force Kenneth Copeland Sun., Nov. 26: Speak and Release God’s Blessing Kenneth Copeland * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Station Listings kcm.org/watch/find-a-station more ways to watch dish® CHANNEL 265 Roku® apple tv® 4th Generation YouTube® podcast KCM App KCM.org DAYSTAR Network Trinity Broadcasting Network kcm.org/waystowatch Watch our Spanish broadcast on Enlace or at es.kcm.org/medios. ********************************************* ****** article continues ****** What do you do if you fall into that trap? You repent and get right back into faith and patience. You go back to the scriptures you stood on when you prayed, and re-establish your confession of faith. Then you keep on keeping on until your faith becomes sight and what you’re believing God for has become a reality in your life. It’s a simple process, really. It’s not necessarily easy, though, because the devil always tries to get involved. Since the only way he can defeat you is if you quit and give up on your faith, he repeatedly bombards you with doubt and unbelief. He stirs up contrary circumstances and tries to convince you God’s Word isn’t going to work for you. He tells you that you’re not going to be healed this time, or that you’re going to go bankrupt, or that your children are going to hell. He tells you God is not going to deliver you from the trouble you’re facing. He presents you with negative thoughts that are contrary to the Word and tries to get you to accept them. That’s really all the devil can do, though, is make you a presentation. How you choose to respond to it is up to you. Years ago, before Ken was in ministry, for a very short time he worked for an insurance company. His job was to make presentations to potential customers about the policies they could buy. His aim was to convince them to sign up for those policies, but ultimately the decision was theirs. They could either say yes or no to his presentation (and most of them said no, which was their privilege). That’s how it is with Satan. He can make you a presentation but he can’t force you to buy what he’s selling. He can test and try your faith but he can’t take your victory unless he can talk you into letting him have it. So that’s what he tries his best to do. He doesn’t give up the first time you say no to him, either. He’s persistent. He sticks with his job. If he can’t pressure you into giving in to him one way, he comes at you another way. He keeps pestering you until you’ve proven you have the faith and the patience to outlast him. This is the reason 1 Peter 5:8-9 says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith….” It takes steadfastness (or patience) to deal with the devil. You have to keep saying no to him over and over. You have to answer every thought of doubt he sends you by saying, “I know what God said and I know He’s faithful to His Word. I have believed I received and it shall be unto me according to my faith!” If you’ll do that, the devil will eventually get discouraged himself. He’ll realize he’s not going to get anywhere with you and “he will flee from you” (James 4:7). You’ve Got What It Takes! “But Gloria, I just don’t have that kind of patience.” Yes, you do! As a born-again child of God, you’ve been made a partaker of His divine nature and He’s extraordinarily patient. Therefore, you have extraordinary patience, too. You have, in your spirit, everything it takes to believe what God says and hold fast to it. You have within you not only His very own faith but also His supernatural perseverance. You simply have to practice yielding to it, instead of to doubt and unbelief! The more you yield to the force of patience within you, the stronger it will become. The more you “let patience have her perfect work,” the more it will undergird your faith and bring you to the place where you’re “perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing” (James 1:4, "Amplified Bible, Classic Edition"). Of course, to keep yielding to patience you have to stay spiritually strong. You can’t spend all your time focused on natural things and watching sitcoms on TV. You have to keep feeding on the Word, because the Word is faith food. It nourishes your inner man like physical food nourishes your body. You need a lot of spiritual nutrition when you’re standing in faith for something. You’re like a runner training for a marathon. You need to keep yourself fueled by eating the right stuff. 30 : BVOV

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